About the Authors

Kasun Maduranga

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Renuka Nilmini Attanayake

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Sinthujah Santhirasegaram

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Gothamie Weerakoon

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Current address: Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Integrative Research Centre, Department of Science & Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States of America

Priyani Ashoka Paranagama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

priyani@kln.ac.lk

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.